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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

John Dolan: That is not my understanding of the reality. Disability organisations, including the Disability Federation which I know quite well, have been involved under the bonnet in the implementation programme. Ultimately, the HSE is the funder. Since 2013, it could have driven the questions the Department is asking. Again, I am hearing talk of insurance costs and procurement. I sat with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

John Dolan: There is work to be done by the two bodies. I did not suggest one side should lob issues to the other side and say the other side should resolve them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

John Dolan: Yes, it is the organisations' primary job.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for those Living with a Neurological Condition: Discussion (8 May 2019)

John Dolan: Moving swiftly along.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for those Living with a Neurological Condition: Discussion (8 May 2019)

John Dolan: Is Ms O'Driscoll attending in a personal capacity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for those Living with a Neurological Condition: Discussion (8 May 2019)

John Dolan: Ms O'Driscoll does, however, have a connection with the HSE.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for those Living with a Neurological Condition: Discussion (8 May 2019)

John Dolan: That clarifies the matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for those Living with a Neurological Condition: Discussion (8 May 2019)

John Dolan: I am delighted that the six witnesses are before us. Their evidence challenges us in a number of ways. I look forward to reading the transcript. We may need to re-examine the issue. Much has been raised at this meeting that we cannot get into in this session alone - prevention, different service mixes, who provides what, impacts on lives, etc. I will leave that there, though. I will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for those Living with a Neurological Condition: Discussion (8 May 2019)

John Dolan: I also mentioned Sláintecare.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)

John Dolan: This week is National Arthritis Week. Yesterday, I met councillors in Castlebar, County Mayo, and I also met a young woman originally from Mayo who has arthritis. As a child, she was told that she had growing pains. During her teens, her diagnosis was changed to juvenile arthritis. Her story is a microcosm of the national situation. She went to Dublin to complete her studies. She had a...

Seanad: Period Poverty: Motion (27 Mar 2019)

John Dolan: I am sharing time with Senator Ruane, who has very graciously allowed me to kick off the first four minutes. I welcome the Minister of State and, in particular, Deputy Catherine Martin, who has given great leadership on this issue. I acknowledge that so many others in both Houses are responding positively to that. I will start in Amsterdam, pass quickly through Bucharest and come back to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Delivery of Services for Students with Down’s Syndrome: Discussion (12 Mar 2019)

John Dolan: I thank the representatives from Down Syndrome Ireland and three trade unions, officials from the Department of Education and my colleagues for their serious engagement on this issue. It was not until just before 4.30 p.m. today that the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was first mentioned. We had gone through a full round of questions and were back on supplementary...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

John Dolan: I bring the House's attention to a report that was the subject of a Private Members' motion in the Dáil last Thursday, entitled "Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities". It is a fine piece of work that took the committee some time last year under the Chairmanship of Deputy O'Dowd. The committee reported in November. The motion was unanimously agreed by the...

Seanad: Housing for Elderly People: Motion (30 Jan 2019)

John Dolan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Housing for Elderly People: Motion (30 Jan 2019)

John Dolan: I welcome the Minister of State as we start a new year. I welcome and commend this initiative led by Senator Reilly and his colleagues. Senator Reilly and Senator Colm Burke, in their own way, referred to three core issues, namely, home, place and relationships. If we cannot see these three elements coming out of plans, we might as well tear up the plans. The motion presents the idea of...

Seanad: Housing for Elderly People: Motion (30 Jan 2019)

John Dolan: Ambling up is okay.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2019)

John Dolan: I am pretty sour and annoyed this morning. I took a call at about 9.30 p.m. last night from a young man, a wheelchair user. He had been looking for me since 8.30 p.m. He has a job, one of the minority in a minority in that respect. He uses a powered wheelchair which he requires because he is significantly physically disabled. His wheelchair broke down. The Health Service Executive, HSE,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)

John Dolan: That is a hint to me. I welcome and thank the witnesses and my colleagues for the detailed scrutiny and questioning. At a public level, and especially at the level of families who have children with serious chronic conditions and the many organisations and other interests that support them, this is a frightening scenario. I do not say this to be difficult but it is. They feel this is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)

John Dolan: Mr. Desmond mentioned decongregation. I do not know what the target is for this year, perhaps it is between 150 and 200, but at the same time more than 100 young people with disabilities will go into nursing homes. He mentioned also that he can speak about the health side. Last year, Mr. Jim Breslin, Secretary General in the Department of Health, when attending a meeting here, named issues...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)

John Dolan: My question concerned people learning from this.